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:mint y indeed, be unwise and imperfect, which, in any ways ; confounds poverty with crime, and breaks down the distinction, which should always be preservedibe . tween misfortune, to which 011 Men arelable, and acts of Volantary guilt. As long as the ignoininious pro cess of arrest is applicable to debtors, it will make lees impression khan it ou : rht in criminal cares, and laws that are more < tenacio,l4 of the, power of doing a thing, than the reason for doing it, most be deficient in moral utlwrity. Instead of le law of arrest in civil cases being conformable to reason, is it not obviously ab surd, that a min who is, unable to pay adelt at-a given time, should be dragged from his home and his oictipation and shut up within the four walls of a prison, where he is incapacitated, not only from making a greater income than he had before, but even from earning Ms own , subsistence ? Of what earthly use can it be to the creditor to confine th limbs and paralyze the faculties of his debtor ? If the lutter be an honest man, who struggles against uituvoidable circumstances, he has a chance of being -Ale to satisfy his creditor, and his conscience, as long as, he is kit to the exertions .of his own industry ; and if he be not honest, the associations of a gaol will licit improve his morals. But then it may be :said,'" Many people fraudulently get into debt, and 1.0 - e in,extravagance, 'because they have resolved never tö pay the tradespeople and others whom they induce to supply them with goods and luxuries, while they laugh at their folly. This is all very true, and a ,guest evil. But does the . power of arrest mend the =atter ? By no means. oll the contrary, we believe Viat: fraudulent debts are beyond all measure more 'eaaily — coutracted while the law of arrest exists, than they amid be if it were abolished. Let us see how Atie law produces, or, at least, greatly aggravates this evil. When persons ask for. credit, the tradesman is seitipted by; the large profit which he calculates on out •of'lligli prices at which such persons are obliged tip -tilte. his articles. He thinks that such per semi must be dependent on him, and • not dis- Plite;, his charges. He resolves that they shall iiay dearly for the present convenience---and he knows that, when he pleases, he can threaten the party with a prison, if there should be a dis agre'eable delay about the payirient. By this system .of credit, boih parties. generally sufl'er in the end. P'eckile .of small incomes, who had originally no dis - honest viewe, are induced to live beyond their real mesuss., - the facilities of procuring food, clothing, and luttiries, without the necessity. of putting their hands in-their pockets, and counting the costs, makes them 4114'eless,•and they go on blindly • from one expence to unother,.tuitil credit runs dry, and they are involved in embarrabsnient and ruin. So it often happens, that the.tradestrianwhether he be butcher, baker, shotstiaker; draper',. upholsterer, milliner, or mercer— sin'ste';id of receiving large profits, gets nothing at all, Or 'so, suiall a dividend, that lie, at last, finds it Would have been better to have kept his goods in his shop, until hesesSuld dispose of them at moderate prices to • those 'who `could -pay ready money. Thus both par..- ties liceoine'the victims of the same vicious system of • • credit. ; one goes into the Gazette, and the door of a pri-. ion doses upon the other. But once let the law ofarrest hr taco :away', and this dangerous practice of giving in ,discriminate credit will .be greatlydiminished, ifnot cut upbytherofits. Caution 'on thepail_ of tradespeople will induce carefulness on'the part of the etikomer. The for mer will sell Na goodsat 'reasonable prices for ready int?ney, or What in ehuivalent,toit, , and the other will • ;live 14 *income.. liefolination of habiti will • 'lit; the 'conseingirCe, aria tiorll4l:Onest vices which are . Oo* prevalcot in this coiniiTy:vlll decline with the 7 ,tenitivitioti that ''procluced then,. Vet, if any one still 4,1:; . ;.1.1,.4 the law. of arrest beneficial, how will he account . the partiality with which it, is applied ? Why tlo and Members of the House of Commons,.being the . frariters of the laws, exempt themselves ?. This sliyr that `they believe., it a bail thing, for we never luisw the.MemberatofeitheisHouse to eiempt selves from a participation in any thing which they tip o ht Was'goods opinion, that if • . the Loid's and,the Members of \ t.k.e House of Corn , rupliS had :n6 alternative but,to, abolish the law of -arresf,,Ar: extend it to their own persons, they would • notqw.l4ltatit to abolish it. So that' it is, in fact, a • tytanoy orthe law over all but thOse who make the law, . lienee great, oppression is worked—for many ,dialiorteSt',:individuals contrive to obtain privilege ,of Parliament s that . tbey may elude the just tlemands of • iheir creditors. Can .we. say 'more why this law of ireirest should not be extended to all 'persona or utterly • *Wished ? - • ;The nielanchOlyaccident which we recorded yester -4.141 (the second within, a short interval of this same kind), wilt, we' trust, act as a Warning against over loading the'walls of hUildings with iron roofs. ,No thins seems to make 'so'littleirogress among us is the of architecture. In fact, 'it seems to have nististna julfillee-st all except in its charges, and on thivaaore of - practical improvement has rather retro. rdlitt tbah igivineeil.. I hat iron, being inconibusti and more durable than wood, may, in many re fifitit,v, be advantageously substituted for it, cannot be 41-tul;• ,but to imagine that walls of time common , dimensions, calculated to carry common roofs, can suStairl'iron ones of "tee times the weight, is, not very 'Creditable to the judgment of architects, be they who , :ateyinuty, who can permit it to be done; and we cattitnt .help thinking that the fatal accident which occurred 'riot long since. at the manufactory of an other' eminent enginCer, fiam a simiar cause,' should have served as a caution to prevent the loss of se much litc, and the occasion of so much misery. 'llepa is a Building Act, we believe, applicsble to whore metropolis and its suburbs—has it in it no 'Iwo) 'lons to: meet Such; disasiers :as these ? ,Surely should be made for the mutilated sur ,vivutwfand=the relatives of those who are killed on such these. • Arid, though we dare say that Orct,4oeither has been, nor will be, any want of blame- Juiyiren'the part of those who are :concerned with the ,Uktilding in questinn, vie should like to see some actual established for providing an indemnity for tanse,Ari t o stiffer'from bircuutuances over which they j o twr ) .tto contionl. In the mean time, if durability litv.a.test .of skill in architecture; as:otir' ancestors ` ; aridthe' builders of their..dayS see m t o have cnnsidered vie : wa y at .once as well give up the term, and in ibtii giaad' convince the world - that the wisdom of Modemluilders Consists itm deforming all they touch, ari d ltd arecting.nothingtut what may speedily t um bl e down.' latter remark, - though it wises out ofthe catastrophe ini4uestion. does; not apply So much to t his ,partlenlarlintilding (of 'whteh we" never heard L o e e ), As to tlit' cmiler9us . publie edifices, som e of high, like the balk , fallen down in. a ,i c y r tern; and others, which from their def orm i ty an d . . tude m i g ht as welt tumble down as remain, as they are, menutnents'offollY ilinifbad taste of the age. uritt,foornitt oti Itiot*i'4'litill4 l llo•4rkilef from *id vitiate ;their inatabiilty • fiete ."4.t'lOnrsrn h t .,l4t. _ 4. , brq: 11: the avarice of both employers and workmen, who adopt a system of estimate by " measure and value," as it is called, in which profit and plunder are synony mous, aided by the nefarious tricks of unprincipled . surveyors, who contrive not unfr2quently to be paid by both parties, and to sanction the roguery of the one and the plunder of the other.—lbid. [BRITISH ritzsg.3 The Offitial accounts of the siege of Bhurtpore, up to the 30th DeCeinber, will be found in Another part of our Paper of to-day, as well as the most recent in telligence which has been received from Ava and Ba tavia. Some of -the political speculators iii India seemed, at the date of our intelligence, to be disposed to think that the reduction of Bhurtpore would be at tended with coniiderable qilEculty ; while others con cluded•thatiit had &lien into our hands before - the date of our latest accounts from Calcutta and Madras. For our parts, we are . inclined rather to coincide in opi nion with the lattir than with the former ; but as .a re gular siege appears to be contemplated, we scarcely think success could be attained quite so speedily as the more sanguine anticipations of some might lead them to imagine. The, accounts from •the army in Ava serve rather to fi ll up the deficiences in our former in- Aelligence, than to furnish us with any thin& more recent. The. treaty was not rati fi ed by the King of Ava, at the date of our last accounts ; and we are sorry to perceive that the sickness in the Arracan army was still . considerable. Au extract which we have given from a private letter, serves in some inea sure to complete the account of the operations.Of the army under Sir A. Campbell, after the date of the official accounts last received from him. We' have received a variety of other particulars of events .ante , ;' rior to the defeat of the Burmese on the sth Decon-, - ber ; but as the principal facts have already been laid before. the public, we abstain from repeatini than, notwithstanding the novelty which several ad itional circumstances might give to our accounts. We- are sorry to observe that the intelligence which had been. received at Calcutta of the death of the criterprizing traveller, Moorcroft, has been officially . confirmed, The narrative of his travels to Pokfiara, and other parts of Independent Tartarv, as they have been pub-. lished in the India Gazette, make us acquainted with a variety of important particulars respecting that al most unknown re ion. 'The accounts from Batavia coincide in some degree with those recently published by an Evening Paper; but we fear the most important part of the intelligence in the Journal alluded to, that a•peace. had, taken place between the Dutch and their insular dependents, and that a system of free trade had been adopted by the Dutch Uovernment, is rather a prophetic_ annunciation than a statement of facts. The Dutch Papers contain accounts of the successes of their arms up to the 15th December, which is later than any accounts previously received in Holland ; but they do not mention that any treaty of peace had been concluded. [REPRESENTATIVE.] It we know, the opinion of manyfriends of the Ministry, that a'Ministerial man should not be start ed for Westminster. It is alleged that the radical in-. terest is so.strong there,- that it cannot be shaken ; and that any attempt at disturbing it would only produce riot and disorder, without answering any t iglequ ate, purpose ; :and the case of Sir.. Murray Maxwell is quoted as a : proof of this assertion. So far, however, from agreeing with this opinion, we, after a very minute consideration of the present state of the West minater constituency, are perfectly .sure that the la& cal interest there is on the wane, and that nothing is wanting but courage on .the part of the friends' of Ministers to put out one ;of its present Members, if not both. The failure of Sir Murray Maxwell might be accounted for on many . groundS . ;, but, without going into detail, one thing is abundantly evident— taat when. he started as a candidate, many topics were used with success, to stimulate the mob against Ministers,- which now would not be listened to. The day ofthe /.neat mob-charlatans has gone by. Preston, Watson, fhistlewood, Ings, Cartwright, Thurtell, Waddington, Gale Jones, linnerty, Wardle, &c. have died by natural or by violent, though expected deaths, or are altogether. unheard of in the country. The subjects of the oratory of these people are as unlikely to . revive effectually as thenise'lves. It was then .preached that Annual Parliaments and Universal Suf frage would prevent all our evils, moral and physical, —filet a handful of places (most of which have since fallen in) were so overpaid as to oppress the nation with hopeless ruin,that the National Debt should he wied out with a sponge, and the landlords of Eng land denounced as enemies to the people, for expect ing rent for their lands,—and other fine things of the same tendency: NoW that the veriest idiot in the na tion, has laughed at the idea that changes in the mode of election or the duration of Parliaments (admitting, as do, that both are the fairest subjects for discussion, and alteration, if there were necessity,) could do the mira cles which were then: pretended—when it must be seen that the grievances that were then made of so much importance are as much the object of Ministerial at , tention as of Radical brawling—when they find that their Representative, Sir Francis Burdatt, is as lIIUC I I in favour of the Corn Laws, which one Of their orators most elegantly called 4; a kick in the vitals of a starving/ community," as the most Ultra To r y it.l the Hous e , and, that, at all events, it has ceased to be aquestion, of petition, and become a question of political eco norny,—in short, when there is no topic f or th e mo b, which a Ministerial man could not, now answer before the mob, and be listened to, we do not see why Sir F. Burdett and Mr. Hothouse are to be allowed, on the .strength 'of their invincibility among the popu lace, to walk over the. coupe. What Sir Francis's Merits . are we all know,-whatever. Mr. Hobhouse's pretensions to a seat in Parliament may be, it is, un necessary to say any thingabout them ; but it is quite obvious that neither has any claim on the gentlemen of Westminster—and we do not see why the gentle men should not have as good a right to expect a Repre sentative as the tailors, or any other part. of the com munity. But, even allowing that a candidate on Ministerial grounds had no pOsitive certainty of suc ceeding, he would, at all events, have a large division in his favour ; and so far from, thinking that the contest would be of any harm, we are certain' that it would be of advantage. The riots it might occasion, in Westminsaer would be, after .all, but,. temporary and trivial ; and the service it would do the county, by , confining the agita tions of the mob to the spots where they would., be .of the least detriment, instead Of lettingthem loose to disturb the country, would be an advantage which would tylvly counterbalance any inconvenience. of the Had we an .election in we should not have Cobbett annoying the pooplo *f Preston, .or Hunt affro n ti ng th e gentlemen of Sornersetshire. We shoUld have them herti—talking nonsense, or sedition, -iebere, thqy would be sure it would be most perfectly reported—instead of wasting it on the desert air of the provinces, where they may be doing mischief, or at all eNents creating annoyance, in place of exciting derision. We hope that there may be a chance of a new candidate fbr Westminster ; and we do not know a better Parliamentary speculation. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE—Au information was laid on the statute 6th Geo. IV: cap. 110, sic. against Rokrt Shoran, C.apt. of the brig Diana, just arrived front the coast of Africa, with a valuable cargo. The information was laid by the owners, Messra. Willtamson and \Vatson, who attended - with Mr. Cotterell, their solicitor, to support it. • The Captain .also attended, accompanied by Mr. Hobler, jun. as his solicitor. Alderman Lucas, who presided fur the Lord Mayor, after hav ing read the infortmation, required the Captain to plead. The Captain raid he was not guilty of the charge brought against him. Mr. Hobler, jun., stated, that it would be but proper- that the Alderman should he informed bow it happened that the Captain appeared before hint. The ship ,was sent from Liverpool to the Isle de. Losa,.on the coast of Africa, lab: year. Soon after.her. arrival there, the then Captain died, and after him the mate, and .the next in command. No officer Laving been left in the ship, application was made by the cousignec of the cargo to the naval officer in command ou that station, for the appointment of. some 'Wilton qualified to navigate her. The commanding officer had co person to whom to intrust this important charge.: , The eon siguee of the :cargo was therefore obliged to select some person himself to uudt;rtake the duty ; and Captain Shoran, being toas ter of a coasting vessel ilt that part of the world, watt oftioed rand accepted to command, and his mime was endorsed on the register in the reguLr way. .The Captain bad brought the ship to nib' . land, and on drriviugin Louden, he had reported her in the Cus tom-house, cud exhibited his papers and the register to the proper - officer appointed to examine such docurnents, who, after . having satisfied himself of their cOrreetneee, returned them to hint. The 'Captain had disbursed consider 441 e sums.on, account of the, ship, having been uhrged, amongst other things, to take up some fresh hands to assist in navigutiag into the Thames, uu account of the sickness of part of the crew, and had vent his accoutt to the owners, and was ready to verify it by the vouchers in his poiseeSion. The owners bait offered to refer the account to two brokers, to which proposition the Captain had agreed, and he'therefore con sidered himself entitled to detain the register, until the matter should he settled. Cotterell, on the part of the owners, said he should be able to . show that there had been " wilful" detainer of the rezister, after• a request to deliver it up to the proper officer. Alderman Lt CAI desired to gee the act of Parliament, and he carefully perused the section on which the information was found ed, after which Mr. Cotterell proceeded to the examination of a witness. Mr. ILIUM O'Leary, of' No. 13, Mincing-lane, merchant, depoved, that he knew Mr. Williamson, then present, to be part owner of the brig .Diana, of which the defendant had been master; was present . wheat Mr. Williamson culled on the de fendant and required him to surrender the register to the proper officer of the port; the defendant said he would net give it to any person whatever; witness mentioned to hint the penalty incurred by refusal.the Mr. Nobler asked the witness, whether he was an officer of His Majesty's Customs.—=lle witness replied in the negative; and he also admitted, that no demand had been made by .an officer of the Customs in his presence. Alderman Lt.cAs . then asked the defendant several qtiestions, to which answers were given to the following effect bad, on arriving in London, accompanied by the consignee of the cargo here, gone to the Custoni-houre and produced his register and manifest to the prOper officer,;who, after having done what he thought was necessary, had returned them to him, and he had, by 'the written direction of the owners, carried: the ship to Fresh Wharf, to unload. . . Cotterell theft observed, that the Captain was subject to the penalty, inasmuch as, on his arrival in London, he bud been disreissed the command by-the:Owners, and therefore had - no right whatever to detain the register, after the .request had bee; made tlie.proper way to till intents and purposes. With regard to the Captain's account, it was true it had been sent in, but it was not accompanied by voneliers. Mr. - Holder objected, that it bad nit been proved that the deten tion was wilful, aecOrding to to construction of the word " wilful" in the act of Parliament, in which it was clearly meant to express a "perverse and. malicious" detention. .Besides, there was no evi dence that the captain hail refused to deliver up the Jegister to the proper officer his Majesty's . Costume; the person named in the act of Parliament. Until a refusal to him, there Was no ground for the owner's complaint. , Mr. Cotterell said, lw had shown the detention to be" wilful," as the demand bad been made by the owner, and nut complied with. The detention could n or, after that, be considered in any other light than as " wilfUl." - - - - - Mr, iVilliamsen i 'one of the owners, said, he had repeatedly re quested the Captain to deliver up the register, but without effect, as it appeared. Alderman Lucas RANI, whether the Captain had . eigned bile of lading for the delivery of the cargo. • . Mr. Hobler said - he had; and that fact furnished hint With another objection ; fur until the cargo was delivered, the Captain continued. Captain; and was entitleil to hold the register fur el! the lawful purposes of the ship. Mr. Cotterell said, the cargo bad been coosignod . to a person with whom, it al.peared, the Captain was inleattie: Mr. Desborough, iolicitor fur the consignee, said that could not be correct, for the consignee had advanced hint money on ac count of the ship, and it was agreed that his accounts should go to arbitration. After some further conversation, in which it was stated that the owners had, ri et armii, got possession of the ship, and 're moved her fiom the wharf; and that the Captain lad, by similar means, redeemed her, Alderman Lucas said, it appeared to him that, • according to the act, there must be a " wilful" detention of. the regieter. Now that had not been shown, for the Captain had complied with the law immediately on arriving in London, by going to the Custom-house, and exhibiting his manifest and register to the proper officer. This mast have been correct, for the ship could nut be allowed to be cleared if it were not so ; and as it did not appear that the Captain had ever refilled to produce the register • to . a' Custom-house officer, the laWful occasions of the ship had not been prevented. The, Captain, by having signed bills of lading, was personally responsible for the safe delivery of the cargo as well 71.1 accountable for the freight, for on lauding the goods he was entitled to recover the freight for which he had to answer to the owners. The Captain, therefore, could not be considered as dismissed from the command of the ship until the whole of the cargo was delivered, and the ship eel at liberty to be entered for any other voyage. The Captain might, however, if he pleased, take the indemnity of the owners against any consequences which might arise from any loss in the delivery of the cargo; but it.veas quite at his Optien to accept of the in demnity. This was hie view of the case ; but if the parties pleased they might wait teeget the Led Mayor's opinion next day. He (Alderman Luese) coesidered himself bound to dismiss the infor mation, and he at the same time Landed the register to the Cup tain, and directed hie) to be reedy at all times to produce: it when required by a Cestom-house officer. We understand that the Captain was taken into custody two or three days before this, on a warrant issued by the. Lord Mayor, who, when the defi:ndant oame to the Mansion-house, late in the efterneon, with the officer, required him to show the register.--- LPa liberty tinLortish hiptihs o then Captain ounded this reeieter, and left the GUILDHALL—We are sorry to say that Mr. Serjeent Span kie has been deprived of his silk-gown. The deprivation, how ever, was nut occasioned by spy error of his own, but by the vile misconduct of some person at present unkuown. eThe circum stances attending it were thus Last Saturday Nei:might the Learned Sergeant's wig Was con- . signed to the care of Mr. Danbe e the celebrated foreneiceierre /icier in the Templ e .eloieters, in order that it might be reelressed and powdered, and his silk-gown was left there with it, in order that they ought be lent together to Westminster Hall, on the en suing Wednesday morning ; but in the interim some rascally thief got into the shop purpose evils of a picklock key, and, though he had the conscience to leave the w w il i l g t . le g lre ' ale — o ru c r a w rr h iet at l he se c e a n rr i i i ed ere o af ff te th r. e strangely off one barrister's stuff'-gown, very much worn, sundry brushes for the hair and teeth, razors, and combs of various sorts, and a large buudle of forensic tails and curls, finiiLed and unfinithed. Information of these circumstances having been laid before the Magietrat te i of this office, llawkine, one of the Marshalmen, has luckily succeeded in recovering the greater part of the property. including Mr. Sergeant Spankie's silk gown. He found them at an obscure lodging house in Grub-street, in an upper room, oc cupied by o ne J ames %a i ms, who had very irreverently taken the liberty °tieing the I..earned Sergeant's gown as a coverlet for his bed ! This James Williams has absconded, but the officers are making stelet search she: him, and, in the meantime, the. gown has been restored to the Learned Sergeant—though, it is possible, he may not chuse to make use of it after such contamination. Jilt.. Charles Lpud,, a " stout gentleman," with a very dead voice, who described himself to he " a earn-dealer and mercantile* man, from-Coleshill, in Warwickshire," was Grought before Sir JOHN PERRINO, yesterday, ,charged with having driven away with a bore and gig, the property of Mr. John Glover, an inn keeper; in Warwick. - - ' Mr. Glover" was not in attendance, hut. it appeared by the evi dence of a Mr. Hurley, that a solicitor in Warwick hired. the horse and gig from Gliver, for the use of the stout gentleman, Mr. Load. The solicitor understood that his friend, the stout gentleman, intended tOge to Coleshill only; about sixteen miles from Watnick, and knowing that thO stout gentleman was rathereccentric in his !:::bits, he sent a man with him to take care of the horse and gig, and return with them to Warwick. Accordingly, the stout gentleman and his superintendent set out together—the stout gen tleman-driVing ; but, when they gut into the main London road, , 'liar Stone-bridge, tee stout gent leman prevailed upon his super intendent to alight, in order to ease the load up hill ; and the superintendent had no sooner alighted than the stout gentleman Lid him good morning, and drove off at full speed towards Lou don. The forforn superintendent sent many unkind wishes after him, and then walked hack to Warwick, to relate what had hap • pened to his master, the solicitor, who forthwith wrote to his friesid; - Mr. Ilursey, in London, and, inconsequence or his exer tions, the horse and gig were found at Gerard's Hall Inn, Basing, lane, where the stout gentleman hail left them, with orders that they should be well taken care of. Mr. liurse;,, however, oh tained possesSion of them, 'by indemnifying the proprietor of the inn; and he now charged the stout gentleman with having stolen them. • ". 4 The stout gentleman in his defence, said, "My name is Charles Lewd, corn-dealer, and mercantile man, * from Culeshill, in the County of Warwick—or Warwickshire, whichever you picasa to call it; and I'm ready to auswer fur whatever I do-- here, there, or anywhere ;- as' is very Well• known to everybody. I got the horse and chaise from the lawyer at Warwick, because the lawyer at Warwick owed me money, which I couldn't get from hini by hook, and so I determined to get it by crook; for I know enough of the law to know that I can't arrest a lawyer— the more's the pity ! I say. I made up my mind to come off with the horse add chaise, and 1 said to the fellow, the lawyer sent with•me; says if you don't get out of the chaise-111 chuck you out, neck and crop !' .wouldn't-he only laughed at me ! So when.we got to a bit Of a hill t'othcr side Stone-bridge, I gamMon'd hiM to get out, by way of easing the horse up the hill you ace, and away I cater--and that's all about it; but as for t h at c h ap there—Mr. What's-his-name (Mr. Musses), as talks of charging me with horse-stealing, I'll pull hilts up for it, assure as ciiy name's*Charles Loud.' • Sir Jortis Pritanta . now called Mr. lltirsey to him, and after some private conversation between them, the stout gentleman was discharged ; • tind lie went mvSy, vowing vengeance against " all lawyers and their'abettors." • BOW-STREET.—Yesterday T homas APK.entman, William Archer., and James. hording, the three young men who haVe been twice before vcamitiod on suspicion of being couceined in the biwglary at the lion. Ilenry Stanhope's, liens-place, Sloane street, were: brought up for a final hearing. .Since the last investig•ation yesterday se'nnight, Morris and the other officers who apprehended the prisOners have been inde fatigably employed in endeavouring to obtain evidence corrobo rative of the statement of Tanks, the brother of the convict Jones, which, taken alone, could not, under the circumstances, be safely relied upon, or afford groom/ sufficient even fora committal for trial. . The oflicers : were uuspeeessful, and Yesterday, when the men were brought in; Morris informed Sir R. Btamt that there was no other evidence forthcoming. Sir R. Dia:sit said, that being the case, he could not detain the prisoners any longer. There was no material circumstance stated by any unsuspected pprson, , corroborative of the testimony of Tooke; and without some Corroboration, his evidence was nut worth a rush. • There might be strong reason to.believe, from the known charaCter of the men, that they :had: scone knowledge ,of the robbery, at Mr. Stanhope's; but there was no receivable proof of it; and, in the absence , of that, Tonics' story,must be regarded as having been trumped up for the purpose of endeavouring to save his brother's life... As to Tonks, he had, according to his Own showing, been last in possession of the property which was th e produce of the burglary, and he must be detained until farther in quiry could be-made. _ _ They were discharged, and Tonke was remanded till Tuesday next, Sir 11. Blittsta signifying. his wish'. that Fjr. Stanhop e should then attend, us it- would be desirable.to know whether or not he had made any promise to. Tonks Ware he brought ttte stolen property to him. 11IARLBOROUGH-STREET.--Neiterday a desperate cha racter, well known to the -police, named George Nelson i• appears, follows the trade of a boot-closer dtiting the "day; and . that of a robber during ilia night, was brought - before *le Ow. Fartitaxx, the Magietrate, charged itiththe &Miring rolibeiv. • It appeared that about nine o'clock on Wednetday erenitigia gentleman named Harman, residing at Knockholti 'in Neese, was driving his cabriolet along Regent-street, anclititietrfor a moment at - 14 hollse,• where be wanted to make a an, :leav ing his eabriolet at the door with' a valuable box -coat in . it.' 'Mr. Herman had scareely enteric( the - hot* when the-prisoner went up in the most daring manner, and deliberately took the box-eout out of• the 'Vehicle,. and ;was Walkidg • away with it, when three -young men - who saw the whole pro seeding, one of tliciti a - servant to the Sulicitor-General, made ep to hire cilatl • seized him. Nelson, howevor e whb' is a pow erful fellow, made' a' desperate resistance, and laid open, in a dreadful 'manner, the cheek of one of the young men --with a blow; but at length, after a violent contest, and other porous Coming up, the prisoner was secured, and lodged-in the watch= house. When brought before the Magistrate, yesterdey, he refused to tell' where ha -lived ; but Ballard, the officer, rot collected that sonic days ago he had executed: an assault , warrant against a woman of the name of Green, who was supposed to have cohabited with this fellow (Nelson), and, re collecting that he found Green at a house, Ise. •le Radon-street, Regent-street, he thought it not unlikely that Nelson might 7 havo his abode there also; and accordingly, himself and Reid, another officer, 'proceeded- to this house, and ascertained that Nelson did lire there with Green, and that the latter had gone -out that morning, carrying with her a large leather - portmanteau.— The officers having had the apartments occupied. by Nelson and Green pointed out to 'them, which were locked, they forced open the doors, and' loon discovered the remains of . .enest ex. tetalive depredations. There were several leather portman teaus, travelling-boxes,' Sic., the locks and hinges of•which had been forced open, and the contents taken out. They --also discovered Upward* of one hundred pewobrokeri duplicates for property pledged of 'almOet every description that was-portable; and to a very considerable ansoant. There were several gold-and silver watches; umbrellas; gold rings of various descriptions, silk., and bornbazinee, gold seals and chains, all sorts of wearing apparel, &c.; all these things the °Meer') took away with them, and Ballard. next recollected that when Green was • in custody for the assault, she was bailed by a man named Nelson, residing at No. SO, Rupert-street, Haymarket, and it immediately struck him that this- must be a brother to the prisoner Nelson ; and accord ingly Reid and himself went into this house on speculation ' to see what they could, learn. On the door b e i ng opene d, B a ll ar d said that lie came for the large leather trunk which Mrs. Green had brought there that morning, and without further ceremony the trunk was given to him. Thu officer then proceeded to search the house, and here also they diacovered another collec tion of duplicates for a number of valuable articled, which they, together • with the trunk, brought away to this office, where they are' now to be seen. The trunks, boxes, &c. ap pear to be the pioduce of depredations committed upon stage coaches, waggons, &c. The prisoner is stated to be known as the perm: who some time ago committed a daring robbery on the Coventry waggon, on the Uxbridge road; he was on that occa sion taken near the spot by two of the patrol, but after a desperate struggle he scr.iceeded in making his escape from Vann, and he was heard to swear that if he had not lost his " jemmy," or crow bar, in the struggle, he would have put an end to both of them ; he has also been heard often to boast, that if taken he could a l wa y s humbug the u b ea k s " (magistrates) by showing that he was an ysa named e eensportation. in th e d up li cates. industrious man, and worked all day at his trade us a bout- c l oser . This is stated, too, to be the man, who, a short time ago, watt' handfuliote a jewellers e o w f e s ! e u r ff 's n sli t o h p e ii i i ti top O k x ee fo i r mr d Oxford- ' street, ree ey 01 4 , and rau s o u ti dd w e i n t l h y flinging af seals, rings, Sm., and got clear away , 'The prisoner is to be hrouglit up again this d a y, wh en the pawn _ sentencedproert Th e brokers prisonerivil wile b attendad bnonc e w with the iiA T w T ho °ll —Yesterday Thomas Ank, a black smith,the Middlesex Sessions for an assau lt on his wife the very day of their marriage, a n d on a secon d indictutent.for beating wife', father, went before the ma gistrate of this office to solicit advi ce h ow to act under the follow vilt A trie n d Eß a r : . ing rather extraordinary circumstan ces Turk stated, that however violently he might seem to have acted on his wedding-day, yet his wile's subsequent conduct bad fully justified his jealous suspicions with respect to her, for ever : she h as b een living with another man, the fart was, they only wante d to make. a convenience by en trapping hits into the marr i age, she being than supposed to blaeckuttnbceoind one that da y whom he est.erued es a true friend; hut be in a state of pregnancy by. the other. Since the trial, he k heard nothing about her, except that she was living at 'a boa in Monkwell -street, Whitechapel, with her paramonr, who, seemed, treated her with great severity.' However, on Tend evening, whilst he was out at his work, the unfortunate worm was brought to his lodgings a corpse, she having poisOned hers , in 's fit of despondency on the preceding day. The body w enclosed in a common shell, and the.men. who brought it a that the landlord of the house where deceased committed t rash act would not suffer it to remain there, and had sent it him for burial, as her husband, or paramour, declined pay the expences attendant on the - funeral. Ile consulted wi some friends as to how he should act, and was given to end! stand, that as the marriage had never been consumtnatrdi could not be considered responsible as her husband ; bt notwithstanding all this, he could not bear to see the reanzi of a woman for whom he once entertained a 'sincere regal lying unburied, and he went to an undertaker's fur the purpose having it removed. A new difficulty was then started, fur t] poor woman having lodged in the house previous to her marriag had contracted a debt of 61. or N. with the landlord ; and 'win the undertaker's men came to perform their offitie, the landle' laid a detainer on the body, and would not suffer it to be take away until his demand was satisfied. The applicant added, th , it was with great diffieclty he could make up the money to 1 4 the expences of interment, but the discharge of the debt wal. gether out of his power. The body was now lying there, none the woman's friends having come forward to intere,t themsely, about her, and he (Turk) wished to know whether the 31gistrat could direct him how to act. . Mr. Sergeant SZLLON—Do you mean to say that the wail committed suicide? Turk—Yes, your Worship, I have been informed that al swallowed poison. Mr. Sergeant SY.Liolt—Then there . should be a Coroner, is quest summoned to inquire into the cause of her death. Turk—l have been told that there was a Jury summoned t• that purpov, but ram not certain that any inquiry has tike place, and I confess I have myself some doubts as to her dash. Mr. Sergeant SEtnow—We can do nothing for you. it' can ascertain that a Cercner'a Jury has not sat on the !, , od!..)' should go to the parish officers, and consult with them. )j r no doubt, will advise you hose to act. Turk—But, please, your Worship, if the landlord would $l, lOW. it, I would have the body decently, interred, fo r b"" PitY Sake. The Magistrates, however, observed, that justice requi red th ' the case should be thoroughly investigated, and the Co r n ! when the Jury was satiafied, would make the usu al inks for is termen t. Turk said he would follow their Worships' advice, Pa retired --- - MEETINGS OF CREDITORS. LONDON DIARY, MoNDAY, MAY 2 9, At the Court of Conitniveioner& W. Yewens, Sherborn-lane, Lombard-street, at li. T. Bodenham, Commercial-road, Middlesex, at 14. J. Yeoman, Holmes-place, Commercial-road, at 11. .mPA..uslielmh,Be,lys,attrNha,oterßytly:-dosetrrr,fthees.tcaonaPu,orptar:lariel:Felaesiudtidelrtile.esesrgoxi.a,ravet:elra.rl7.arett, It I , P. C. Freese, Great Winchester-street, London, at 2• s.zoutstbinaigli C d ;;T l ß l Y . DIARY, DAT , M AT 49.. .4 J. Butler, Bloornsgrove, Nottingham, mos, , —oolll3orove at the Gotioorgeettuhts;:re: Nottingham, at if. ~Nottingham, at the 0 ril T. Lawson, Manchester, at Messrs Halstead and Co." ofce, Blanchester, at 12. . J. Mann, Overbuy, Worcester, at Mars. Lavender and Co:' T. _office, Evesbam, at 12. T Jenkins, Cirencester, Gloucester, at the Raw 'lon, Coo' cester, at 11. • at 4: - J. Chandler; W. G J. ~.. reenhow,Alanehester, at White's Hotel, Manchester, ati , ii ..,• Cowper, 1100 r-side, Holdhurn, Lancaster, at White's fle, Manchester, at 9. ' E. Winger, Tenth-Hen, Kent, at the Eight Belle Jut, Teateriles, W. Whiteh ead, Chew-cottage Saddlewortl York at Wh' ° ' 1, ) Jlotel, Manchester, at 9. ' J • Wititelock ? Retford, Nottingham, at the Royal Hotti , 3M the ter, at 10. - - - 4. • Pigott, Norwich, T. Powell and W. Brown , I * I Al • llinde's office, Idttr Averpoo , at ' " r ool s at 12. Sandwich, Kent, at the Guildhall, Canterbury', It I / E. Lea ß died' , Cloughton, York, at the Talbot Inn, Searborogb Blanchester, at 9. ' A. , -.., and J. Sharp, Birkenthilw-buttorna, York, tit the Su` .11'Stelf°,3, Dobcrosa Saddl , ill York at the White Bear In , , cw.): I 9 ~l ancuester, at S I Wallwork, J. 11 . Cioudy, Liverpool, j"l4ntwith; al 2. L WI he's Hotel, lirsucl%cou' ottram, Caster, at 2 •at 10. at ibe. White Swan Inu, Norwich, a t 4. a -Beardmore, Burslem, Stafford, at the Legs of Man fun, plat slem, at 5. • Altinatester,at the Star Inn, Alanchster' nt i ! L !' W. Witwortb, Leeds, York, at the Court HOUse, Leolli , t L i iye , :Potd,-at 12. J. at le. . Burdwood awl W. IL Coltman, Devonport; Don , i ,„J, Lancaster, ut the George inn , J. tuid J. Twentyman, sen. and jun., Keswick, Ciauu" -the Globe Inn, .Cockermoatb, at 11. • ______,....... INSOLVENT DEBTORS. I P cc e ti ., t e i , on ß a u t c o k d be: n e i n f r u d nt i i n ngd Po o rt o u ghi gal re i F vod ‘Rl.r:EGßauu'gyal-aeeiedttestheu,brbscetirtdibper,tlSoninaerset, Proprietotreebruotchtitsillat business.. m essenger, Somers'-Town , oFsitani„ business. w - H. Hallen, Wardour-street, Soho-square, lapidari• S. Nathan, Chiuidos-street, Covent-Garden, butcher' H. Thompson, .Newcastle-upon-Tyne, ship-broker. er .1. Morris, Jobn-street, Pentonville, livery-stsb le-ketP R. Barnes, Limehouse, Middlesex, mariner.oB4ool 0, po.' J. Samms, Eagle-court, St. John's-lane, book-maker. G. Johnson, Artillery-row, Woolwich, Kent , gr°c'r'A dole; P. Clancy, Great . Guildford-street, Southwark; Foids4Y' ott, M.. Weston-street, Snow's-fields moo n dealer. W. Gregory, John-street, Spa-fields, linen-draPetl., W. Bryan, Warren-street, New bent-road , Sle s ' G. J. B. Esehmann, Alfred-terrace, Trafalga r-99"r' sounnission-agent. NZXT TeXIIDAY. batA .r. J. W iz In Ji Waterer,ke Towne ac 6 . 11 °.:" n : r . $ 1 I. Facey, gun -street, Bishopsgate-street, ConfecnoP— . 00310 1°‘ F. [Fright, Cecil-square, MPra°rga*Petec,t-KPleancet', lSoclugiteligw-rb;1118-: ItePer. A. Aiskell, Tottenham-court-road, Middlesex, wiu ° "' vilor' 8. Burridge, Warner -street, New Kent-road, Sur re l t : A et , lA . W. J. Carr , Terntuill•street, Clarkenwell , egiOner tut!, J. Woodrow, M a rtha-stre e t, Cambridge-b° 3lb ' ibc T. bo Hobbs, jun., Walbrook-place, Ifoxton, out of b u ' i ! lell.. A. keelin g , K enn i ng t on -l an e, S u rrey, ca binet- 04ki t iesar . A. Egleton, Upper North-place ' Cray's-inn-lane, 1"" NV. Harrington, Muswell Hill, Hornsey, groc°' . .„,l deale r ' W. Langford, Portman -thews, Portman-street, "*". J. Morgan, Wapping-Wall, Shadwell, butcher. a Petitions to be h e ard in the C oun t r y nest s" p CARMARTUZI4, at the Guildhall. D. Evans, I.l3ndilofaur, Carmarthen, druggist. IV. 'Morgan, Llandilufaur, Carmarthen, yeoman. BIRTH. -----' gr. ...-- Wiea' 6eij ' ° , l. Yesterday morning, in 8100 1 y-square , a daughter. ...-----"-- —_, ----:--------"' t io MARRIED. 'i 'l, b i 0 On Thursday, the 25th inst., at Christchurch, ."r Rev. Rev. Rowland 11111, the Rev. Thomas ChstreY , t° Mifs tu .--• th Theastoo , youngest daughter of the late Geo. 11i__!..1,k.„--A Admiral Ryves; brother-in-- n tm i r 4E . D ol . _the .l a te 1414 : i On the 2 0 th i0SL, at his sea ' Shroton-house, P°l";,b l, ' late "‘ .41 Ward°ur. On the ‘22d inst., at !Listings, Sophie , w idow ' of tile ti' °Dent , Et'll , of Russall-place, and daughtero4 o f Alsll4 wift' jr " . ,f nie, Esq., of Great James-stree t, Bedford-row, 0 0 At,Altons,, on the 14th inat„ aged 42, El h , , C. 11. {,an onner, Esq. banker-of that city. tr ri,ll.'' At Lisbon, on t h e. 2d ult., aged 30, Guilherol e Eng. , son-in-law to George . Smith, Eq. fititultu r ti ll. - ---. ~s, .t" ...-----.. _ . --,,,.. ot PriaSed d p 14410 - by 11.- YOUNG' t the nit' . - No. lit, Strand. . ,